Discover a Deeper Way of Living
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center offers a retreat for almost everyone. Our schedule carries a generous offering of Insight Meditation Retreats, retreats that invite participants to consciously explore their experience of wild nature, and retreats that are designed for specific populations. On our schedule you will find retreats for educators, people of color, women, men, and mental health professionals, to name a few. We are here to help you find a retreat that is right for you.
“I am so much more aware of the path I want to be on and the power of the sacred in my life.”
– Cristina Mormorunni
Upcoming Offerings
Being Blessed by the Land of Vallecitos: Gently Held Self-Retreat
René Rivera
05/18/26 – 05/24/26
Finding Joy in the Playground of the Mind: An Insight Retreat
Amana Bremby Johnson and Matthew Hepburn
05/24/26 – 05/29/26
Body of Awakening
Eugene Cash and TBD
05/30/26 – 06/06/26
Awake in the Wild (June): Exploring Wisdom and Awakening in Nature
Mark Coleman and Kirsten Rudestam
06/07/26 – 06/14/26
Land as Dharma Teacher (June)
Erin Treat and Brian Lesage
06/15/26 – 06/22/26
Being Nature: Embodying the Four Elements
Pamela Weiss, Rev. Shinmu Tamori Gibson, Gina LaRoche (Trainee) and Kate Siber (Trainee)
06/23/26 – 06/30/26
Between Spiritual Bypass and Stress Reduction: Mindfulness and Deep Psychological Work, An Intensive Retreat for Mental Health Professionals
Bill Morgan, Susan Morgan and Ron Siegel
07/01/26 – 07/07/26
Metta-Vipassana: Integrating Mindfulness and Metta Practices
Dave Smith and Vance Pryor
07/07/26 – 07/13/26
Deepening our Ground: Cultivating Presence, Insight and Kindness in the Deep Woods
Erin Treat and DaRa Williams
07/14/26 – 07/19/26
Deep Refuge: A LGBTQIA+ Community Retreat in Nature
Victoria Cary and René Rivera
07/19/26 – 07/25/26
Insight and Resilience
Victoria Cary and Pawan Bareja
07/26/26 – 08/02/26
Belonging to the Earth: A BIPOC Insight Retreat in Nature
Devin Berry and Yong Oh
08/03/26 – 08/10/26
Land as Dharma Teacher (August)
Erin Treat and Brian Lesage
08/11/26 – 08/18/26
Having Gone to the Forest
Brian Lesage and Robin Craig
08/18/26 – 08/25/26
The World is Made of Stories: An Insight Meditation Retreat
Pam Weiss and Renda Madrigal
08/26/26 – 09/02/26
Elemental Pilgrimage: Awakening Through Intimacy with Trees, River and Sky
Anne Cushman and Erin Selover
09/03/26 – 09/08/26
Sacred Sound, Insight, and Silence: Meditation and Music in the Deep Woods
Erin Treat and Jennifer Berezan
09/08/26 – 09/12/26
Cultivating Embodied Insight and Intuitive Wisdom through Mindfulness
Dave Smith and JD Doyle
09/13/26 – 09/20/26
Retreat as Ceremony: Mindfulness and Indigenous Presence for Wellness and Healing, A Retreat for Indigenous Peoples
Bonnie Duran, Carol Cano, Elvina Charley and Mario Castillo (Trainee)
09/21/26 – 09/26/26
Meditation, Nature and Awakening
Peter Williams and Chas DeCapua
09/30/26 – 10/07/26
Awake in the Wild (October): Exploring Wisdom and Awakening in Nature
Mark Coleman and Susie Harrington
10/08/26 – 10/15/26